Sonnet Responce

Another Sonnet for Stephan

By: Alvin Lester Sitomer

I see a little boy of four or five

Whose face lights up whenever we would play

Who made me feel it’s great to be alive

And wish that time would never tick away

I see a college youth who goes to Penn,

Strong and handsome, smart in mind and dress,

Enthusiastic, kind, who scores a “ten,”

Possessing every trait that spells success.

I see the man who cam from both those boys

Creating business plans and paths to wealth

With nonchalance, with skills and unique poise

While fighting back attackers of his health.

The boy, the youth, the man are each now gone,

Except that in my heart they linger on. 

      I thought that this sonnet was ver sweet and very detailed. "Another Sonnet for Stephan" was actually filled with details and one of my favorite sonnets out of the 6 sonnets we read so far. It was actually a perfect mentor for me also. I thought that the narrator could've been his father, because as you can see  the first sentence of the first stanza said" I see a little boy of four or five" which I thought that it could have been his father. I thought that this because maybe he saw his son at the age of 4 and 5 and this sonnet was in chronological order. 

   
        For example, The first stanza talks about the boy being 4 to 5. In the 2nd stanza it talks about how the same boy grows up and and goes to college. The boy grows up to be strong and handsome and get a very good job and later it also mentions that "While fighting back attackers of his health." I think that meant how he and ill and he was fighting his disease. 
I think that it made sense that it was his father because I really didn't think that it would make sense we.. it says " I see a boy of 4 or 5" it sounds more as if the father will say it.


    Furthermore, It talk about the boys life in chronological order and I think the dad may witness that. And it also mentions how dad linger on... I think a dad may feel this way when his son dies. These are the reasons above why I think that the narrator just have been the dad.